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Rats Ate through Engine Wires - Take appropriate action to protect your engine

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by shattered00, Feb 22, 2017.

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  1. Feb 22, 2017 at 4:04 PM
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    smitty99 I also bought a 4Runner

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  2. Feb 22, 2017 at 4:05 PM
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    o0oSHADOWo0o Just lurking in the darkness

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    o0oSHADOWo0o, Feb 22, 2017
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  3. Feb 22, 2017 at 4:20 PM
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    Mods - please update thread title now that the OP has a root cause that no longer relates to the original thread title.
     
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  4. Feb 22, 2017 at 4:51 PM
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    FYI @shattered00 can edit the title himself. Controls are on page 1 under Thread Tools
     
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  5. Feb 22, 2017 at 5:01 PM
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    Deeper in the South…….
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    So now rats ate something?
     
    IPNPULZ, Feb 22, 2017
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  6. Feb 22, 2017 at 5:09 PM
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    Barf!!:puke:
     
    NothingTooFancy, Feb 22, 2017
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  7. Feb 22, 2017 at 5:21 PM
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    Can your tacoma blast mariachi music at 2am for the whole neighborhood from the bed speakers? I thought not.
     
    aero90, Feb 22, 2017
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  8. Feb 22, 2017 at 5:47 PM
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    Yeah, stupid rats. I made the mistake of blaming the truck when it was not the trucks fault. I had actually looked under the hood and didn't see anything wrong but I didn't look from underneath the truck where I evidently would have seen a rat nest. It is unknown if it is damage that accumulated over time from them nibbling, or if they just went to town last night, but the final blow had to have occurred last night. When I get home, I am going to walk down the street and talk to all of the people with newer Toyotas to warn them.
     
    shattered00, Feb 22, 2017
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  9. Feb 22, 2017 at 5:55 PM
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    Holy shit
     
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  10. Feb 22, 2017 at 5:58 PM
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  11. Feb 22, 2017 at 6:00 PM
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  12. Feb 22, 2017 at 6:20 PM
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    Sorry to hear this OP. I had a 2014 328i that I parked outside in Houston. It started calling for an oil change very shortly after having an oil change. It also suddenly refused to report the oil level (no manual dipstick). Anyway, same deal... I was all pissed about BMW and crappy car electronics but it ended up being a stupid rodent which ate about 4" of the harness containing the oil level wire ($300). Luckily it didn't happen again.
     
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  13. Feb 22, 2017 at 6:28 PM
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  14. Feb 22, 2017 at 6:43 PM
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    Just a few LEDs...
    Here's an idea: Why not just spray down the entire harness with pepper spray, or slop a whole bunch of hot sauce all over? :rolleyes:

    Light those little fuckers up.

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    o0oSHADOWo0o, Feb 22, 2017
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  15. Feb 22, 2017 at 8:54 PM
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    They got the rav 4 too. Having problems posting pics from phone. Several hoses chewed and those are just the ones I can see. Unreal to me. Less than 1400 miles on it.IMG_1756.jpg IMG_1751.jpg

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  16. Feb 22, 2017 at 9:09 PM
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    Bummer, sounds like you should have jumped on the 2017 trade.
     
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  17. Feb 22, 2017 at 9:31 PM
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    InfernoTonka Infernal Order of Knights Templar of Inferno-ness

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    Rats like Taco's better.

    But seriously, Toyota thinks it's your problem that THEY chose soy based wire insulator that attracts rats? For one thing, who the hell dreamt up soy based wiring insulation?

    I feel your pain bro. I'm gonna buy the mothball stuff you suggested. This is all weirdly good to know.
     
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  18. Feb 22, 2017 at 9:35 PM
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    InfernoTonka Infernal Order of Knights Templar of Inferno-ness

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  19. Feb 22, 2017 at 9:41 PM
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    Radical Environmental Moonbats force that kind of crap, it keeps getting worse too because they started forcing things like the seat foam being made of Soy and Corn, so guess what else the Rodents want to eat...
     
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  20. Feb 22, 2017 at 9:48 PM
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    InfernoTonka Infernal Order of Knights Templar of Inferno-ness

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    Un-real. The consequence will be more waste when you think about it. Rats eat through stuff on cars...stuff gets thrown away in landfills...stuff gets replaced...the stuff gets eaten again...stuff gets thrown away again in landfills....

    Mindless libtards.
     
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